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'''Charlene Raddon was born in Colorado and grew up south of Los Angeles where she worked as a stenographer and attended El Camino Jr. College as an art major. In 1971 she moved to Utah where she now lives with her husband and a very demanding, scardy-cat cat. She and her husband love to camp, hunt and fish, and she has become knowledgeable on the flora and fauna of the Western United States, as well as the history. In 1980 her love of the Wild West drove her to begin writing fiction. Her first romance novel, ''Tender Touch'', won first place as an historical in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest in 1990 and became a Golden Heart Finalist in 1991. About eighteen months later, she signed a three-book contract with Kensington Books. Four books were published under her name and a fifth under a pseudonym. Her third novel, ''Forever Mine'', received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award Nomination. When not writing, Charlene loves to travel, garden, create digital scrapbooks, research genealogy and dye Ukrainian style eggs. She has been a member of the Romance Writers of America for twenty years and a member of the Wasatch Mountain Fiction Writers for twenty-five years, serving multiple terms as president of that latter group. Her most recent book won first place in the 2010 Romance Through the Ages Contest. Currently she is working on a new book.'''
  
'''Charlene Raddon was born in Colorado but grew up south of Los Angeles where she graduated high school, worked as a stenographer, and attended El Camino Jr. College as an art major. Her favorite activities were painting, drawing, and traveling. She studied botany and loved to find and identify native flowers wherever she went. In 1971 she moved to Utah where she now lives with her husband and a very demanding, scardy-cat cat. She and her husband do a lot of camping, hunting and fishing, and she has become well acquainted with the flora and fauna of much of the western United States. In 1980 her love of the Old West drove her to take up writing. Her first romance novel, ''Tender Touch'', won the Colorado Gold Writing Contest for historicals in 1990, and became a Golden Heart Finalist in 1991. About eighteen months later she signed a three book contract with Kensington Books. Four western historical romance novels were published under her name, plus one under a pseudonym. One of her books, ''Forever Mine'' received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award Nomination. Her most recent completed manuscript won first place as a historical in last year's Romance Through The Ages Contest. Today, Charlene is working on a new novel. When she isn't writing, she does digital scrapbooking, researches her genealogy, gardens, and dyes Ukrainian style eggs. She has been a member of Romance Writers of America for twenty years, and a member of the Wasatch Mountain Fiction Writers for twenty-five years, serving multiple terms as president in the latter group.'''
 
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
* [Rachel Summers]
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* [[Rachel Summers]]  
  
 
== On the Web ==
 
== On the Web ==
* [http://www.charleneraddon.com]  
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* [http://www.charleneraddon.com] Webpage
* [http://www.charleneraddon.blogspot.com]  
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* [http://www.charleneraddon.blogspot.com] Blog
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* [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1040237847] Facebook
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* [http://www.twitter.com/CRaddon] Twitter
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
 
=== Fiction ===
 
=== Fiction ===
 
* ''[''Taming Jenna'']'' - 1994 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''Taming Jenna'']'' - 1994 (Kensington Books)
* ''[''Tender Touch'']'' - 1994 (Kensington Books)  
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* ''[''Tender Touch'']'' - 1994 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''Forever Mine'']'' - 1995 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''Forever Mine'']'' - 1995 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''To Have and To Hold'']'' - 1997 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''To Have and To Hold'']'' - 1997 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''The Scent of Roses'']'', writing as Rachel Summers - 1999 (Kensington Books)
 
* ''[''The Scent of Roses'']'', writing as Rachel Summers - 1999 (Kensington Books)
  
=== Non-Fiction ===
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== Golden Heart Finalist==
 
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== Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award Nominee==
== Novellas ==
 
* "TITEL OF NOVELLA" in ''[[TITLE OF BOOK]]'' - Year published ([[PUBLISHER]])
 
 
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
 
This is a great place to aggregate the various series and related titles.
 
 
 
== Awards/Honors ==
 

Latest revision as of 18:18, 17 October 2011

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Charlene Raddon was born in Colorado and grew up south of Los Angeles where she worked as a stenographer and attended El Camino Jr. College as an art major. In 1971 she moved to Utah where she now lives with her husband and a very demanding, scardy-cat cat. She and her husband love to camp, hunt and fish, and she has become knowledgeable on the flora and fauna of the Western United States, as well as the history. In 1980 her love of the Wild West drove her to begin writing fiction. Her first romance novel, Tender Touch, won first place as an historical in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest in 1990 and became a Golden Heart Finalist in 1991. About eighteen months later, she signed a three-book contract with Kensington Books. Four books were published under her name and a fifth under a pseudonym. Her third novel, Forever Mine, received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award Nomination. When not writing, Charlene loves to travel, garden, create digital scrapbooks, research genealogy and dye Ukrainian style eggs. She has been a member of the Romance Writers of America for twenty years and a member of the Wasatch Mountain Fiction Writers for twenty-five years, serving multiple terms as president of that latter group. Her most recent book won first place in the 2010 Romance Through the Ages Contest. Currently she is working on a new book.

See Also

On the Web

Books

Fiction

  • [Taming Jenna] - 1994 (Kensington Books)
  • [Tender Touch] - 1994 (Kensington Books)
  • [Forever Mine] - 1995 (Kensington Books)
  • [To Have and To Hold] - 1997 (Kensington Books)
  • [The Scent of Roses], writing as Rachel Summers - 1999 (Kensington Books)

Golden Heart Finalist

Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award Nominee